A community of about 200 Uyghurs in the Boston area is urgently working to call attention to the intensifying repression in Xinjiang, China, and to strengthen bonds among themselves, which they see as integral to preserving their culture and protecting their people. Continue reading →
A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Lowell Juvenile Court before a clerk magistrate to determine whether probable cause exists to issue criminal complaints against the seven students, said the family’s attorney, Peter Hahn. Continue reading →
In 1996, voters outlawed the traps that were the chief method of coyote control. Now, with the population burgeoning in Massachusetts, hunters are asking for new tools. Continue reading →
Priya Tahiliani, who is Indian American and the city’s first superintendent of color, filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination on Jan. 17. Continue reading →
The agency said it needed more time to review data from a third dose of the vaccine that Pfizer began testing in young children after getting mixed results from its trial of the original two-dose regimen. Continue reading →
The US military mission to evacuate American citizens and foreign allies from Afghanistan was hampered by continuous appeals for help from an array of advocates including White House officials, members of Congress, veterans of the war, media outlets, and even the Vatican, according to the operation’s senior commander. Continue reading →
The moves announced Friday are meant to address a tangled knot of legal, political, foreign policy, and humanitarian problems stemming from the attacks and the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. Continue reading →
Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency Friday as Canada headed into the third weekend of “Freedom Convoy” truck protests that have paralyzed Ottawa and blockaded several US-Canada border crossings. He said he would seek to impose steep fines and prison time for people blocking highways and bridges. Continue reading →
The Islamic State group is a growing threat in northeastern Syria despite the killing of its leader in a US commando operation last week, says the chief commander of the US-allied Syrian Kurdish-led force. Continue reading →
As diplomatic options for averting war in Ukraine appeared to narrow, the White House said President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin would discuss the crisis by phone on Saturday. Continue reading →
The US economy is missing 2 million working-age immigrants. It’s hard to quantify how many of them didn’t come due to pandemic restrictions and how many didn’t due to the policy decisions from the Trump era. Continue reading →
A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Lowell Juvenile Court before a clerk magistrate to determine whether probable cause exists to issue criminal complaints against the seven students, said the family’s attorney, Peter Hahn. Continue reading →
Preston Settles turned to a Brooks School teammate during a basketball game last Saturday with an unusual complaint, especially for a 15-year-old boy whose athletic resume contains entries for hockey, football, soccer, and lacrosse. “My heart feels like it’s spasming,” Settles told his friend. Continue reading →
The Northeastern star tight end, who had a record 11 receptions in Cincinnati's first Super Bowl appearance 40 years ago, died in 2006, but his close-knit family keeps his spirit alive. Continue reading →
White is in the first year of a four-year, $73 million deal he signed in December 2020, meaning he’ll be a Celtic for the long term. Continue reading →
The agency said it needed more time to review data from a third dose of the vaccine that Pfizer began testing in young children after getting mixed results from its trial of the original two-dose regimen. Continue reading →
The city’s first WeWork — and one that was, at one point, the co-working operator’s largest US facility — will soon be transformed into lab space. Continue reading →
The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development say it will help reduce ‘economic turmoil’ for people who wrongly received benefits. Continue reading →
Jon Appleton was a composer, professor, and pioneer in electronic and electro-acoustic music, who helped develop the Synclavier, an early digital synthesizer. Continue reading →
There’s plenty to love in this week’s program, which connects four generations of Russian orchestral tunesmiths — Borodin by way of Glazunov, then Rachmaninoff, then Prokofiev. Continue reading →
Milk, also known as Dan Donigan, is an internationally recognized drag performer and model who trained as a competitive figure skater in Boston from 2005 to 2012. He returns to the city he still considers home this weekend to host “Dance Party on Ice” at the Rink at 401 Park. Continue reading →
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